Clare Downham, PhD (Cantab.), Lecturer in Celtic, School of Language and Literature,
University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
David N. Dumville, PhD (Edinburgh), Hon. MA (Pennsylvania), Professor in History,
Palaeography & Celtic, Director of the Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies and the
Centre for Celtic Studies, University of Aberdeen, Scotland; Life Fellow, Girton
College, Cambridge, England.
Torsten Edgren, Fil. Dr (Hels.), Professor h.c., Former Director of Archaeology at
the National Board of Antiquities of Finland and Lecturer in Archaeology at the
University of Helsinki, Finland.
Jan-Henrik Fallgren, Fil. Dr (Ups.), Researcher, Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient
History, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Anthony Faulkes, MA, BLitt. (Oxon.), Dr phil. (Reykjavík), Emeritus Professor of Old
Icelandic, The University of Birmingham, England.
Gillian Fellows-Jensen, Dr Phil. (Cop.), Reader Emerita, Name Research Section,
Dept. of Scandinavian Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Claus Feveile, MA (Aarh.), Curator, Sydvestjyske Museer, Ribe, Denmark.
Gísli Sigurðsson, Dr Phil. (Reykjavík), Research Professor, Stofnun Árna Magnússonar
í íslenskum fræðum/The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, University
of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Anne-Sofie Gräslund, Fil. Dr (Ups.), Professor in Archaeology, Dept. of Archaeology
and Ancient History, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Svein H. Gullbekk, Dr philos., Associate Professor in Numismatics, Museum of
Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway.
Terry Gunnell, PhD (Leeds), Associate Professor in Folkloristics, Dept. of Anthro-
pology and Folkloristics, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Dawn M. Hadley, PhD (Bham), Reader, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Sheffield,
England.
Richard Hall, PhD (Southampton), Director of Archaeology, York Archaeological
Trust, England.
Birgitta Hårdh, Fil. Dr (Lund), Professor in Archaeology, Dept. of Archaeology and
Ancient History, University of Lund, Sweden.
Lotte Hedeager, Dr Phil. (Aarh.), Professor in Archaeology, Dept. of Archaeology,
Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Norway.
Volker Hilberg, Dr Phil., Researcher, Forschungsgruppe Haithabu, Archäologisches
Landesmuseum, Schloß Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany.
Anders Hultgård, Teol. Dr (Ups.), Professor Emeritus of History of Religions,
especially Indo-European Religions, Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University,
Sweden.
Judith Jesch, PhD (London), Professor of Viking Studies, School of English Studies,
University of Nottingham, England.
Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Dr Art. (Bergen), Professor in History, Institute for Archae-
ology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Norway.
Lars Jørgensen, Curator, The National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Claus Krag, Cand. philol. (Oslo), Professor in History, Dept. of Humanities and
Cultural Studies, Telemark University College, Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Linn Lager, Fil. Dr (Ups.), Researcher, Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient History,
Uppsala University, Sweden.
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